Joy

Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2009 Ratings: #672 / 961
User Score
Based on 16 ratings
September 8, 2009 / Release Date
LP / Format
JEMP / Label
Jam Band / Genre
Steve LillywhiteProducer
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Critic Reviews

QoD
78

I loathed this record when I first heard it, considering it utterly devoid of the intricacies that make Phish 1.0 so irresistible to revisit.

Fact is, it’s a grower; a bit of fun with some fab soloing ‘taboot (taboot)’. By no means their strongest, but a nice, harmless little record and bolstered by an opening duo of great pop songs.

*****

Backwards Down the Number Line ~ β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…
Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan ~ β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†
Joy ~ β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†
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Ephraim_Winslow
73

This was a pretty fun one, and I enjoyed the energy on this album quite a bit. There were very few moments that I felt uninterested and I do think that the quality was relatively consistent for the entire listen. My major complaint with this album is that some of the songs dragged on longer than they needed to, leading to some moments of repetition that hinders the sound as a whole. The highlights are Backwards Down the Number Line, Kill Devil Falls, and Twenty Years Later

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pedrothepig
72

Pretty good return for one of the greatest live bands of all time

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